Symposium

2019 California Masonic Symposium

The Grand Lodge of California and the California Masonic Foundation sponsor the California Masonic Symposium annually. Each symposium addresses a topic of historical and philosophical relevance to Masonry. Many symposia are open to the general public.

The topic of the 2019 Symposium was DeMolay: A History, Journey, and Legacy. The symposia took place on June 1 at the San Francisco Scottish Rite and June 2 at the Long Beach Scottish Rite.

Past events

Past symposia have focused on the Masonic ritual, the early grand lodge era, Latin American Freemasonry, Freemasonry in revolutionary America, the American frontier, women in Freemasonry, the Moscow Archives, and a variety of other topics.